Nicholas m donofrio biography

American scientist and engineer (born )

Nicholas Michael Donofrio (born September 7, ) is an American scientist and engineer and was the Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology at the IBM Corporation until Upon retirement, he was selected as an honorary IBM Fellow, the company’s highest technical honor.

He holds seven technology patents, is a member of numerous technical and science honor societies, and holds several scientific board positions.

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In , he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions in the development of semi-conductor memory and technical leadership in computers.

Biography

Donofrio was born in Beacon, New York in He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in and a Master of Science in the same discipline from Syracuse University in ^[1][2]

He joined IBM in as an engineer, but moved into management positions which led him to his most recent position.

He serves on the board of the National Commission on the Future of Higher Education^[3] and the National Association of Corporate Directors^[4] and is a Director at Liberty Mutual Group.^[5]

Donofrio has also received honorary doctorates from the Polytechnic University of New York (), University of Warwick (), Marist College (), University of Edinburgh (), Pace University (), Maynooth University of Ireland (), and Syracuse University ().^[6][7]

Books

In May , Scribe Media published Donofrio's memoir If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes.

In the book, Donofrio shares lessons learned across almost six decades experience in business and innovation and chronicles the development and launch of seminal technologies such as the IBM S/, the RS, Blue Gene, the Genographic Project and Watson.

Nicholas m donofrio biography obituary: Election to the NAE is one of the highest professional honors accorded an engineer. Toggle the table of contents. In , Donofrio became a member of the U. After being hired full time at IBM in , he spent the early part of his career in integrated circuit and chip development as a designer of logic and memory chips.

It includes interviews with more than two dozen business luminaries, including former IBM CEO Sam Palmisano, Apple's Jon Rubinstein, AMD CEO Lisa Su and others. The chapters are framed within lessons learned early in life from Donofrio's blue-collar father and mother.

Donofrio wrote If Nothing Changes, Nothing Changes with Michael DeMarco, founder of American Journeys.

It was edited by his longtime IBM communications executive David Yaun.

Nicholas m donofrio biography husband March 25, He also served for several years on the Board of Directors for INROADS, a non—profit organization focused on the training and development of talented minority youth for professional careers in business and industry. Donofrio is focused sharply on advancing education, employment and career opportunities for underrepresented minorities and women. November 3,

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